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Multi-model analysis of the Adriatic dense-water dynamics
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište I.
Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia
Cléa Denamiel
Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and
Environmental Research, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ivica Janeković
Ocean Graduate School and the UWA Oceans Institute, The University of
Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
Ivica Vilibić
Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and
Environmental Research, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Short summary
In this study, we analyse and compare the results of four different approaches in modelling bora-driven dense-water dynamics in the Adriatic. The study investigated the likely requirements for modelling the ocean circulation in the Adriatic and found that a 31-year run of a fine-resolution Adriatic climate model is able to outperform most aspects of the newest reanalysis product, a short-term hindcast and data-assimilated simulation, in reproducing the dense-water dynamics in the Adriatic Sea.
In this study, we analyse and compare the results of four different approaches in modelling...
